Apologies. The original title contained "to be", which did not fit in the 80 character limit. In any case, UK's population is already larger than the European p

Apologies. The original title contained "to be", which did not fit in the 80 character limit. In any case, UK's population is already larger than the European parts of France, which is what most people think of, so while the shortened title is not technically true, it is not misleading.